02b RESOURCES
The aim of the site as a whole is to provide a treasure trove of ideas, models and resources.
More Links & Resources
Recent Additions
Prof Nicolas C Burbules articles (NB his book on dialogue is the best I’ve come across and essential to the SunWALK model
Ibn Al-Arabi - resources - see especially Jane Clark’s article on Fullfilling Potential
Jane Clark’s inspiring article is here
Parker Palmer - The best and most important of Palmer’s works in my view is: To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey - after this it was a bit like Dylan dropping acoustic in favour of the commerciality of electric guitars!
Materials and extracts on the work of Ken Wilber
SEE also Guardian Unlimited article
Futurology - Cutting edge thought on our technical futures
OTHER GREAT EDUCATION SITES
Please note I don’t necessarily subscribe to the ideas on all of the sites - but they should probably, in each case, provide a starting point.
A few of the sites list are commercial e.g http://www.teach-nology.com/
AERA Open Access Journals in the Field of Education
Alternative schools in the USA
Arts for transforming Education
Audio lectures online at Berkeley
Brilliant Star - Educational Psychology pages
British Council - Education pages
Contemplative practice in education
Change Management
Character Education - Introduction
Character Education - various
http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/comingnext/character.html
http://www.wilderdom.com/Character.html
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/character/bowman.htm
http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson021.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/gergen/february97/coles_2-21.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/march97/coles_3-3.html#
http://www.school-for-champions.com/character/newberger_honesty8.htm
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/cyf/youth/ccbiblio.html
http://www.utoronto.ca/mcluhan/tsc_plato_education_teaching_writing.htm
Internet Resources
Indiana Clearinghouse for Citizenship and Character Education
AskERIC Lesson Plans: Character and Citizenship Education
Character Education - Free Resources
The Utah State Office of Education Character Education
National Character Education Center
Character Education - Teaching Kids to Care
Character Education Resources
CharacterEd.Net
Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education Provided by the Character Education Partnership
The Ethics Resource Center’s Character Development Programhttp://www.character-education.info/resources/lesson_plans_curriculum.htm
Childrens Literature - Resources for Teachers 1
City Farming - City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
Creative Partnerships - England UK
Cross-cultural and multi-cultural resources
Curriculum Leadership Journal - and links
Australia
EdNA Online
Directory of the Education Network Australia.
Education.gov.au
The Commonwealth Government’s Education Portal.
NALSAS links
A list of Australian education websites provided by the National Asian Languages and Studies in Australian Schools (NALSAS) Strategy.
New Zealand
Ministry of Education
The Ministry provides links to related websites and a directory of New Zealand educational institutions.
Asia
Yahoo! Asia’s education directory by country
Directory of sites by country then subject subheading.
Google’s Asian education directory by country
Directory of sites by country then subject subheading.
Europe
Google’s European education directory by country
Directory of sites by country then subject subheading.
Britain
Department for Education and Skills: Links
General listing of British education-related websites.
USA
Resource Organizations Directory, Department of Education
Education-related websites in the USA listed by State and Region.
Resource Organizations Directory, Department of Education
Education-related websites in the USA listed by State and Region.
Emotional Intelligence/literacy
Engines for Education - hyperbook
Experiential Learning & Education
*ESCalate - Educational Studies and Teacher Education
FAMILY EDUCATION
http://school.familyeducation.com/gender-studies/school-psychology/38493.html
Fisher Robert - Teaching Thinking, PFC & Creativity
Games Funschool - 800 games and activities
GAMES - communal decision-making
Gardening in Schools and Holistic Education
Great Ideas in Education - 30 great books
*Holistic Education, Tasmania, Australia
Home Education - UK
http://www.home-education.org.uk/
http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Education/Schools/EducationAtHome/default.htm
I N P M International Network on Personal Meaning
Leadership
http://www.mcmaster.ca/cll/resources/teaching.tips/
Learning TIPs Theory into Practice database
Librarian’s list of great sites for education (American)
MORAL EDUCATION - various sites
http://www.prs-ltsn.leeds.ac.uk/ethics/resources/other_links.html
http://www.uni-konstanz.de/ag-moral/sig-mde/
http://www.amenetwork.org/links/
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Outdoor Education Research Centre
Paths of Learning Clearing House of ideas
Philosophy Major Sources
Philosophy of Education
Philosophy Ontario school curriculum
PFC Philosophy for Children - IAPC Introduction
PFC Philosophy for Children - An Introduction
Philosophy for Children - Stanford
Physical dimension 1 - Philosophy of Sport & Physical Activity R Scott Kretchmer
Physical dimension 2 - Philosophical Problems and Dance Criticism
Psychology learning TIPs Theory into Practice database
Qualitative Research Introduction to
Quantitative Research Introduction to
Quotes - The Quote Garden - one of the best
Radical Pedagogy - Online Journal http://radicalpedagogy.icaap.org/content/issue8_1/guilar.html
Roger Stack’s excellent chart (Works in IE but not FireFox)
Sites (100s) for Teachers - rated by popularity
Story - Free Storytime for Children
Types of question & questioning
Thinkers on Education - UNESCO
Transformational Training at ‘World Transformation’
US Department of Education - ed.gov
USA NEA National Education Association
UK Department for Education and Skills - links
Web100 Education and Reference
Connect to the original Holistic Education Institute site.
Connect to: the Spirit of Education website
Sources of Games
THEMES:
Science and Religion - Alan Wallace
Worldviews
http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
Service learninig:
http://www.servicelearning.org/resources/index.php
http://www.goodcharacter.com/SERVICE/webresources.html
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearningres.html
http://www.compact.org/resource/essentials-lresources.html
http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/servicelearning/online_resources.htm
STUNNING MEGA-SITES
Space and Motion Reality Truth Philosophy
Commercial Sites ( I am gradually movingthem down here)
Learning Planet - games for learning
Other interesting sources of content
http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2005/index.html
SunWALK: education as walking the life journey in dialogue with
teacher-friends - acting wisely through loving and knowing - in the light of
the ‘Sun’ of higher-order values.